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I got this PM crap porno as well and don't want to have to deal with it on this site. It wasn't even hot, for cripe sake. I tried to report the PM to Admin., but it bounced back with message "Hacker attempt." WTF??? I PM'ed Ann about it separately.

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I got this PM crap porno as well and don't want to have to deal with it on this site. It wasn't even hot, for cripe sake. I tried to report the PM to Admin., but it bounced back with message "Hacker attempt." WTF??? I PM'ed Ann about it separately.

I got the same message edfu. Thanks for reporting it to the moderator.

You know, I guess I shoiuld not be surprised, but I was, especially to have that happen on this particular site. I also feel a little like barfing somehow. Yeesh!

Guys it's just a photoshopped picture of a willy. We've all seen peenies before I'm sure. I believe that Ann has dealt with the offender. I'm confident the error message relating to the report to Moderator function will be passed on to Peter and fixed up.

As spam PM's go it was rather a good one. At least we got a sample of the merchandise on offer.

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Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Next time I may decide to just delete everything on "my account" and forget about it all.

So sorry to see that you reacted so strongly and negatively, Steven. There always need to be a first, for actions to be taken. Just give it a good laugh and forget about, it is not worth your troubles , farthermore, your knowledge is needed around here.

Hi guys,I got a PM from "Harrison Ford" this morning also.I didn't get a picture of anything with mine. I got a nasty subject line and a few different links to other sites. Of course I didn't try to go to these sites. I was afraid of getting a virus on my computer.Anyway, it's ok now. I PM'd Ann about it and now I don't feel so insulted since others got this also. I thought somebody just really had something against me for some reason.Have a fantastic day!!! Peace,Kelly

Hi everyone, i too received the nice little pic from our good friend Harrison Ford, lol I too tried to send a message and it came back as being hacked. I did pm Ann and then came on here. LOL now if i had just came on here and see that it has been taken care of i wouldn't be feeling so dumb right now.I too hope this doesn't start happening a lot on here. This site means too much for too many of us for people to spoil it for us.

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I think it is fair to say everyone got it. And congrats to them for getting the attention they clearly wanted. This is the most viewed/posted topic today!

Lock this thread and lets all move on.

R

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Hey gang -- we're looking into it. This spammer has an email: donald92135@yahoo.com (don't send him an email, or he'll have yours!), but if you google his email, you'll see he's spammed many forums, and knows some sort of security weakness in the forums software we use.

However, we're pretty sure we've effectively banned him for now (using his IP address, and the multiple email addresses he's used to spam other sites), so it shouldn't happen again (from him at least).

Question -- did everyone just recieve a PM in the forums, or an email notification with a link to the PM as well? Please reply here if you got an automated EMAIL with the subject line "New Personal Message: WHAT'S UP MOTHER******!!!" We know everyone got the PM, but want to know who got the EMAIL as well (a much worse security breach).

"Many people, especially in the gay community, turn to oral sex as a safer alternative in the age of AIDS. And with HIV rates rising, people need to remember that oral sex is safer sex. It's a reasonable alternative."